the ultra-new iPhone Shuffle

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iFertility

anyone who has ever attempted the basal body temperature method for fertility monitoring knows it's a pain in the ass. not only do you have to wake up at the same time every day, checking certain fluids and what-not; you're also supposed to keep track of all the minutiae on an 8x11 piece of paper. kind of fun... at first. being a geek, i thought that perhaps a spreadsheet was the way to go; but again, no fun.

i was initially very excited that the fertility bible comes with software to help with the charting process. however, it is like working with lotus notes. dark ages.

fortunately, wherever bad design is lurking APPLE is there to fix it! enter... wait for it... iKonceive. come on. they used the cheesy i-prefix AND spelled it with a K??? anyhoo, i obviously haven't tried it (no macs in this house... unless you count the one permanently on loan from an unnamed friend who works for an unnamed SF web company that got bought by a much larger unnamed software company in san jose), but i'm sure that the UI is beautiful and would cure my charting woes.

lucky for me, said woes have been cured by a little white stick. it's the lazy woman's fertility monitor, and we'll see how well it works...

strangely enough, as noted by Chris Messina, two iFertility programs were released in the same week. only one of them is actually from apple, so no guarantees on the UI of iOvulate. at least it's a slightly better funnier name; but i wonder if they'll get sued.

iPhone photos

ok, this is the last iPhone entry. at least for a while.

just found these hump-worthy photos from Niall Kennedy (a bay area tech geek). he recently blogged about "The end of Apple Computer." get it? they changed their name to Apple, Inc...

i'm hoping to make it to the exhibition hall tomorrow. i've got my fingers crossed for that "one more thing..."

and in case you just can't wait until june, fool your friends!

iPhone Zeitgeist

"iPhone" on twitter -- watch this number grow as the pages get cached. unfortunately no way to search the public timeline.

"iPhone" on google blog search (searching only 1/9/2007) -- currently more than 4,500 posts

"iPhone" on technorati -- currently 3,327 blog posts tagged 'iphone'

and apple has updated their homepage and site navigation to include the big announcement. gadget geeks everywhere drool in anticipation...

iPhone is no longer a rumor

[photo via engadget]

it's true. steve jobs announced a couple big products this morning -- Apple TV and the long-awaited, vastly-speculated-upon, years-in-the-making iPhone.

some links...

• jobs's keynote this morning at macworld
• engadget blogged the entire keynote
  
• engadget highlight reel
• iPhone product page at apple.com
  (yes, it's real! and holy crap they created some very cool demos!)

quick specs... [via The Unofficial Apple Weblog]

• The iPhone will use a revolutionary interface called MultiTouch, first seen in Apple patent filings over a year ago.
  
• The iPhone will run OS X, and be capable of running desktop-class applications.
• The 4GB costs $499 and the 8GB $599 (includes a 2 year contract with Cingular). It is shipping in June.

FRYPOD. It's not an Apple product.

on my way home tonight, i was craving french fries... stopped by burger king to get some. they have this new ingenious fry box that is designed to fit in your car's cupholder -- and it's just the right size to grasp in your hand to toss back those last few fries at the bottom. but i digress.

the name they've apparently trademarked for the fry holder?? FRYPOD.

of course, i immediately had a laugh and wondered if apple would sue burger king. after googling "burger king frypod," i am *clearly* not the first person to have that oh-so-original thought.

My 1st Apple

And now, like millions of bloggers before me... I will blog my first Apple purchase.

I'm rather notoriously anti-Apple, though as their machines get slicker and slicker (not to mention the killer specs) it's hard to remain a totally PC gal. I've been an Apple enabler in the past -- I got the wife a shiny white iPod video last year. But we don't use iTunes, and it's hers.

However, after receiving a gift certificate from my boss, along with a note of encouragment to "come on over to the dark side," I have, like Anakin Skywalker before me, done just that.

Here are pictures of my brand-spanking-new black iPod nano. It really is impossibly small! (Collage courtesy of Picasa 2.)

nano collage Hosted on Zooomr

Since this isn't exactly my first Apple experience (I'm the one who had to deal with the technical details of getting the wife's video iPod loaded and ready to go), I know what to expect. I'm hoping the battery life is decent, and I'm looking into how to carve a hole into my running shoes so that I don't have to buy new Nikes to take advantage of this.

Hopefully I won't be running back to the Apple store in 2 weeks, cuz this shiny new gadget is awfully cute and needs a good home!